It cannot cripple love,
It cannot shatter hope,
It cannot corrode faith,
It cannot eat away peace,
It cannot destroy confidence,
It cannot kill friendship,
It cannot shut out memories,
It cannot silence courage,
It cannot reduce eternal life,
It cannot quench the Spirit,
It cannot lessen the power of the resurrection.

Stay close to God or your Higher Power
You will need every ounce of strength that you can muster to deal with someone who is sick or with your own sickness. Remember, our greatest enemy is not the disease, but despair.

Find a support group
There are many helpful support groups, for a list, click here.

Love your family
Take the time to love your family. Life is just too uncertain to take each other for granted.

Learn to accept and adapt
Acceptance is the first step that we must go through and learning to adapt will make the course much easier. Nothing is forever and remind yourself, "this too shall pass".

How others can help lighten the load
Ask how you can help.

Offer to sit with the family member who is sick to give the caregiver a break.

Bring cooked food over. The caregiver is often so overwhelmed with many things and details that cooking is one area that can give welcomed relief.

Don't say "keep me posted" or "let me know how you are doing." Make it a point to call and find out. This makes the person feel that you really care.

Send a card. It gives hope.

Now we all know what cancer can do, but here is what cancer cannot do, because it is so limited.